The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Pretty belt buckles OF all styles arc I
worn with the belts that accompany tho
blouse waist.
White serge costumes are very. stylish
when perfectly simply made with tailor
cut and finish
The panel which is formed of ladder
of bows is very stylish trimming for
white costume.
Pufs characterize all the fashionable
dress sleeves But only slim people
should wear them.
A vest and cuffs with revers of the
same velvet are worn on mulls and mus
lins as well as China grapes.
The Louis XIV coat basque is
favorite model for making the basque
of tailor costumes in white cloth
Very pretty fancy Tuscan straws, with
colored beads, may he very attractive
and stylish if trimmed judiciously.
Butterfly bows ornament very stylish
white costumes which have no other
trimming. Watered ribbon picot edgeis
used.
The colored Jersey is a very convenient
and also attractive garment, and may be
trimmed to correspond with any cos
tune.
Fine French satines are always worth |
getting and are stylish this season in |
cashmere colors trimmed with plain |
velvet.
Small checks are invariably combined |
with plain fabrics this season. The check |
forming the skirts and the waist is of |
plain fabric.
Every really fashionable dress nova
days must have long, pointed waist, full !
front, clinging skirts, puffed sleeves, high !
shoulders and a girdle
Not content with single necklace,
people who are fortunate enough wear
them all at once, no matter how incon-
gruous in appearance.
A maid of honor in Queen Victoria's
! household receives salary of 81, 500 a
| year, and her presence is required only
twelve weeks annually.
Spite of the efforts of fashion writer's
! dress-makers, and milliners, heliotrope
is not popular color. 1t is 'trying" to
almost every variety of complexion.
The prettiest summer bonnets and hats
are of straw, trimmed with white null,
white laces, white flowers, white ostrich
tips, white aigrettes and white birds.
Very fine plating is now worn where
formerly kilt plating was used, and in
white dresses for young girls this sort of
trimming for the underskirt is stylish.
Beaded girdles are very stylish and
more elegant than the very heavy silver
linked fetters with which the fashionable
young woman burdens herself at pres
ent.
A new way of showing off handsome
locket or pendant is wearing it attached
to dainty bit of ribbon on the left side
of the corsage, in the style of military
decoration,
Marbled silk is new variety of this
ever acceptable summer fabric, which is
very generally used in Paris in the most
stylish of costumes for dress occasions.
1t is also imported.
A fiery fancy in the way of red frock
is of scarlet batiste dotted with black
and trimmed with black velvet bows and
cascades of black lace, the hat, parasol
and shoes to match.
Mrs. r. L. Hughes, of Lexington, Ca,
has a ball of yarn that was spun and
woven during the Revolutionary war.
She also has butter dish brought from
England by her ancestors in 1850.
There is a very wonderful old lady at
Maidstone, England, Miss Heathorn, who
has been known since girlhood as the
Fair Maid of Kent She is 103 years
old and is said to retain slight traces of
her former marvellous beauty.
The oldest woman in Indiana is Mrs.
Nagdalena Boggs, of Milton. She was
born near Lancaster, Penn, December
! %, 1888, and is therefore nearly 104
years old. Her health is good.
Women are now wearing great silve
girdles hanging loose from the waist in
medieval fashion, and supporting a
silver bound memorandum book, gotten
up to look like a "book of hours, " and a
silver pilgrims bottle" by way of a
vinaigrette.
: Yellow muslin is the most stylish cos
tune among an elaborate trousseau of a
recent bride. The delicate fabric makes
a particularly soft and pretty back ground
for its trimming of delicate valenciennes
edge Golden brown velvet ribbon bows
J finish the harmonious effect
It's stated that the money given by the
: women of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States during the past sixteen
= years foots up to So, $50, OOO-represent-
ing the entire support of more than 200
women missionaries, 200 native Bible
readers, and more than $50 schools.
The latest fancy in hair dressing is the
! coifure la Urdi Greque, not high on
) the head, but drawn up in loose coil,
rolled under something like French
! twist on the back of the head, brushed
OFF the temples and forehead, with only
few light curly tresses falling from
, under riviere of jewels or Greek fillet
: that Just touches the top of the forehead
and describes a straight line to the back
of the head. The whole effect is very
. close, and no additional hair is required.